SIWA Shali Siwa shali in 1820, from a drawing by Von Minutoli Women’s Health Center Created for the women of Siwa in 1999 by Suzanne Mubarak, the wife of the Egyptian president, this center offers health services. It sits atop one of the spurs of the Shali mountain, Adrerar en Shalnath, and is crafted in […]
Monthly Archives: August 2015
fayoum oasis tours Hamuli fayoum oasis tours Hamuli is another Greco-Roman site discovered by Grenfell and Hunt in their exploration of the fayoum oasis tours in the first decades of the twentieth century. Little of the ancient site or of the Coptic monastery, Deir Archangel Michael, remains. All lie under a modem village. In 1910, a collection of […]
Wadi Rayan wadi rayan the Bedouin believe Wadi Rayan was named after a king who is buried with all his gold and riches somewhere in the Wadi, a myth similar to the Qarun myth of nearby Fayoum,This has made Wadi Rayan the object of scores of treasure hunters. Arab historians credit the name to that of […]
Wadi al-Hitan Gebel Guhannam and Wadi al-Hitan (Wadi Zeuglodon) Wadi al-Hitan Entrance we call it, this wadi is more beautiful than N 29 21 393 W 30 27 215 the White Desert.That is a mouthful.The This is a special section of Zone A, the Special Protection Zone I, as it is one of the most important […]